Kinetic model-based factor analysis of dynamic sequences for 82-rubidium cardiac positron emission tomography

2010 ◽  
Vol 37 (8) ◽  
pp. 3995-4010 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Klein ◽  
R. S. Beanlands ◽  
R. W. Wassenaar ◽  
S. L. Thorn ◽  
M. Lamoureux ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Positron Emission Tomography ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Kinetic Model ◽  
Emission Tomography ◽  
Cardiac Positron Emission Tomography ◽  
Model Based ◽  
Positron Emission

Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET)

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikant Sabharwal ◽  
Parthiban Arumugam ◽  
Andrew Kelion
Keyword(s):  
Positron Emission Tomography ◽  
Single Photon ◽  
Photon Emission ◽  
Emission Tomography ◽  
Emission Computed Tomography ◽  
Cardiac Pet ◽  
Clinical Tool ◽  
Cardiac Positron Emission Tomography ◽  
Positron Emission ◽  
Recent Developments

As in single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), positron emission tomography (PET) involves the injection of a radiopharmaceutical, the physiological properties of which determine its distribution within the patient. The labelling radionuclide then allows this distribution to be imaged. The value of cardiac PET as a routine clinical tool, particularly for perfusion imaging, was previously limited by the expense and scarcity of cameras and the short half-lives of the radionuclides with complex radiochemistry. The need for an on-site cyclotron to produce these radiopharmaceuticals made a clinical service non-viable. A number of recent developments, however, have led to renewed interest in cardiac PET. This chapter covers PET instrumentation, detail on the radiopharmaceuticals used in cardiac PET, and a number of sections on F-fluorodeoxyglucose (F-FDG) PET covering infection and inflammation imaging.

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